Daily Climate Links: 4/5/2016

Why fossil fuel power plants will be left stranded. Martin Wolf, FT.

After last year’s Paris climate conference, the world congratulated itself on having agreed a new process, even though real action was postponed. Yet, given the longevity of a large part of the capital stock, the time for decisive change is right now, not decades in future. But the world is not really serious about climate, is it? It prefers fiddling while the planet burns.

Agriculture on the brink. Dahr Jamail, Truthout.

Increasingly, farmers -- and all of us who depend on them -- will be facing the fact that food scarcity is becoming the new normal.

Climate change is going to hurt us in a lot of weird ways. Climate Progress.

Arctic heat waves cause exceptional Greenland melt, says new study. Sima Sahar Zerehi, CBC News.

A new study by researchers from Denmark and Canada's York University says Arctic heat waves cause exceptional melts of the Greenland ice sheet, calling into question commonly-used climate models that may underestimate the impact of warm weather episodes.

Can economies rise as emissions fall? The evidence says yes. NYT.

The roads to decoupling: 21 countries are reducing carbon emissions while growing GDP. World Resources Institute.

Are global investors playing defense or offense after Paris Accord? Mark W. McDivitt and Tim Nixon, at Yale Climate Connections.

Entrepreneurial global investors are strategically playing offense and defense to meet new Paris Agreement demands and reap tangible results and a strong 'bottom line' in a warming world. 

...increased awareness and related commitment by the global investor community will prove to be among the main drivers that start to mitigate global warming. The Paris Agreement, unlike Copenhagen, Kyoto, and other COP gatherings, drove home the point that the private sector, partnered with individual Country INDCs, will be the impetus needed to start to limit overall global warming to less than 2°C